Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Canopy Connect.
Entrevista
No HR presence at all in any stage. In the second round, the interviewer casually mentioned that many candidates simply drop from the call when he asks them questions.
Before my interview I was explicitly told this would be a conversational round, but was then asked to open an IDE on my machine and write code with no warning. There was no engineering code-pair discussion as you'd expect in a real SWE interview - it felt designed to catch candidates off guard rather than assess logic and collaboration skills.
I understand this is a startup and things move fast, but the interview process will feel very off-base to anyone accustomed to professional hiring practices. If many candidates are dropping from calls with the same interviewer at the same company, perhaps it's a signal that something in the current process isn't working.
Candidatei-me de outra forma. O processo levou 2 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Canopy Connect (New York, NY) em set. de 2023
Entrevista
Had a screening call with the head of marketing then a follow up assignment. Was overall a decent process, however, the assignment was coming up with a content marketing plan, putting together a presentation and presenting the idea via a recording all in under 2-3 hours. Seems unreasonable but that's how startups go, I guess.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Explain to me how you'd go about coming up with a content plan or series
Candidatei-me de outra forma. O processo levou 1 semana. Fui entrevistado pela Canopy Connect em out. de 2021
Entrevista
I interviewed remotely over three sessions using Zoom.
My first conversation was with the CEO and we discussed the company, the culture, the current team, plus their history and future plans, and the specifics of the role. We also talked about my work history and employment goals. It was a very candid and relaxed conversation, and I found them to be very forthcoming when answering my questions.
The second session was with a member of the engineering team. I was given a programming task and allowed to solve it using my preferred language/environment while sharing my screen. I thought it was an appropriate choice of task that was neither trivial nor unnecessarily hard, free of any “gotchas”, and relevant to Canopy Connect’s business. We discussed my solution and then talked about the product, the engineering team, and the employee experience.
The final session was another programming task while sharing my screen. This was another task that was relevant to Canopy Connect’s product, although requiring a more elaborate solution more closely matching what they might use in production. We again discussed my solution and then there was another opportunity to ask questions.
After my interviews I was given the opportunity to meet the engineering team so we could introduce ourselves and discuss life at the company.
It had been many years since I last interviewed externally so I was nervous about the process. The Canopy Connect team made me feel relaxed, and I ultimately actually enjoyed the experience.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
I don’t want to give anything away about the specific tasks I was asked to complete, but they were relevant to the business and at an appropriate level to gauge my abilities.
The rest of the interview was more like a two-way conversation about the company and its plans, and my work experience and goals.